Postdoctoral fellows – OHSU Research Newshttps://blogs.ohsu.edu/researchnews
Research News at OHSUThu, 15 Mar 2018 20:45:06 +0000en-UShourly1138385434NRSA Technical Components Workshop, February 13https://blogs.ohsu.edu/researchnews/2018/01/25/nrsa-technical-components-workshop-february-13/
https://blogs.ohsu.edu/researchnews/2018/01/25/nrsa-technical-components-workshop-february-13/#respondFri, 26 Jan 2018 01:14:14 +0000https://blogs.ohsu.edu/researchnews/?p=35949Continued]]>If you’re planning to apply for a pre- or post-doctoral NRSA fellowship from the NIH in the near future, we encourage you to attend this workshop to learn about essential, non-research elements of your fellowship application. Topics covered include how to set up your proposal in InfoEd, how to develop a budget, how to manage reference letters, biosketches and PMCID numbers, and elements of a great training plan.

This upcoming workshop is led by Johanna Colgrove, manager of the MD/PhD program, Gavin Hamilton, grants and contracts administrator with the Office of Proposal and Award Management, and Rachel Dresbeck, Ph.D., senior director, OHSU Research Development.

]]>https://blogs.ohsu.edu/researchnews/2018/01/25/nrsa-technical-components-workshop-february-13/feed/035949Interns sought: strategic planning for research developmenthttps://blogs.ohsu.edu/researchnews/2018/01/08/interns-sought-strategic-planning-for-research-development/
https://blogs.ohsu.edu/researchnews/2018/01/08/interns-sought-strategic-planning-for-research-development/#respondTue, 09 Jan 2018 06:07:59 +0000https://blogs.ohsu.edu/researchnews/?p=35848Continued]]>OHSU Research Development is currently accepting applications from new volunteer team members for strategic planning. Research development encompasses a number of strategic and capacity-building activities so that individual faculty members, teams of researchers, and OHSU can attract extramural research funding. Many research development professionals have advanced degrees, and it is a promising career for STEM Ph.D.s.

OHSU’s research development office was established in 2004. This year, a major goal is to develop a strategic plan for research development to take OHSU into its next phase. Strategic planning interns will work closely with the Research Development leadership and staff, institutional partners and OHSU faculty to identify needs, strengths, and opportunities for central research development at the university. This will include meeting and shadowing various activities, considerable data analysis, and strategic plan development.

The primary duties for this position are gathering data, data management, performing institutional data analysis, and plan development. Depending on interest, we may also consider editorial interns who would like to gain experience editing proposals. Interns will gain valuable, translatable skills in data analysis, competitive intelligence analysis, strategic planning, and, depending on interest, proposal development.The commitment would be approximately five to ten hours per week for six months.

We are seeking applicants with the confidence to work independently, who are proficient with Excel and other database tools, who are enthusiastic about putting their research training to work in a new context to help OHSU, and who can present well. Applicants must be either currently enrolled in graduate school or be postdoctoral fellows. Preference will be given to trainees with research backgrounds.

Application instructions can be found here (Scroll down to Research Development – Strategic Planning)

]]>https://blogs.ohsu.edu/researchnews/2018/01/08/interns-sought-strategic-planning-for-research-development/feed/035848People Management for Principal Investigators, March 9 & 10https://blogs.ohsu.edu/researchnews/2018/01/08/people-management-for-principal-investigators-march-9-10/
https://blogs.ohsu.edu/researchnews/2018/01/08/people-management-for-principal-investigators-march-9-10/#respondTue, 09 Jan 2018 04:23:10 +0000https://blogs.ohsu.edu/researchnews/?p=35842Continued]]>Every principal investigator wants to build and maintain a lab that attracts and retains outstanding trainees and staff members. Juggling this endeavor with everything else the PI must do — writing papers, teaching, mentoring, gaining and maintaining funding, creating collaborative and productive relationships with other PIs — can be challenging at best. This 1.5-day course, led by Melanie Erskine and Rachel Dresbeck from the Office of the Senior Vice President for Research, will help you learn to manage people with a focus on the particular needs of running a lab or research group.

Strategies for approaching the role of “coach” in the lab —developing your leadership style

Recruitment and retention strategies — building (and maintaining) the best team for your lab

Steps to take when coaching doesn’t work — performance management in the lab

Resources that are available to you to support you and your lab staff

Enrollment is limited; there is no cost to participants.

]]>https://blogs.ohsu.edu/researchnews/2018/01/08/people-management-for-principal-investigators-march-9-10/feed/035842Sex, cognition, and stimulating neurons: Katie Wallin-Miller featured in OHSU In the Labhttps://blogs.ohsu.edu/researchnews/2017/11/21/sex-cognition-and-stimulating-neurons-katie-wallin-miller-featured-in-ohsu-in-the-lab/
Tue, 21 Nov 2017 16:30:04 +0000https://blogs.ohsu.edu/researchnews/?p=35557Continued]]>Men and women suffer from mental illnesses at the same rate, but the kinds of disorders that tend to occur in men and women are very different. Katie Wallin-Miller, Ph.D., studies sex differences in the neurobiological mechanisms underlying mental processes of cognition. Understanding the basis of these differences may lead to more effective treatments for mental illnesses. Wallin-Miller is a postdoctoral fellow in the lab of Bita Moghaddam, Ph.D., where research focuses on the neurobiology of mental illness.

My specific focus is on sex differences in what’s called executive function, which governs decision-making, inhibition and how well we adapt to situations. I work with rats, and I start out looking at behaviors. If there’s a behavioral difference in the males and females, it’s important to understand the cause. I look for differences in brain physiology and anatomy to explain the sex differences in behavior and cognition. In the history of the discipline, almost all neuroscience has studied male subjects. But understanding the differences can help both sexes. Men, for instance, are much more likely to be diagnosed with schizophrenia. Understanding what protects women could be helpful in developing avenues for treatments for everyone.

What’s been your most exciting moment of discovery?

It’s not so much a moment of discovery as an experience — the experience of being able to see and manipulate the physical world at the level a single cell. One of the most amazing moments of my life was the first time I stimulated a neuron. It’s very geeky, but I basically took control of a cell that receives, processes and transmits information through electrical and chemical signals. This was something I’d read about and seen in books since I was a sophomore in college. First, we modified the neuron so it was sensitive to light. Then we shined light on it, and it fired. It was amazing. Actually seeing a neuron in action was the neurobiological version of the difference between looking at a photo of the Mona Lisa and seeing it — or understanding the science of an eclipse versus experiencing one.

What’s your day-to-day life as a researcher like?

It involves a lot of thinking. A lot of thinking and reading. The most important aspect of being a postdoc is thinking of good questions and then determining good ways to ask those questions. What’s the best way to design a study? In my case, I need to be careful to create paradigms that can be appropriate for males and females. So I think, design studies, then conduct experiments and analyze the data. And the data always says things that you don’t expect — so I assess and revise my approach.

About In the Lab

OHSU In the Lab publishes every third Thursday on O2 (login required). The series looks at the people in the laboratories who help make OHSU such a vibrant research institution. In each post, researchers describe their current work and answer the same three questions.

]]>35557People Management for Principal Investigators, November 2nd and 3rdhttps://blogs.ohsu.edu/researchnews/2017/10/17/people-management-for-principal-investigators-november-2nd-and-3rd/
Tue, 17 Oct 2017 16:58:10 +0000http://www.ohsu.edu/blogs/researchnews/?p=35358Continued]]>Every principal investigator wants to build and maintain a lab that attracts and retains outstanding trainees and staff members. Juggling this endeavor with everything else the PI must do — writing papers, teaching, mentoring, gaining and maintaining funding, creating collaborative and productive relationships with other PIs — can be challenging at best. This 1.5-day course, led by Melanie Erskine and Rachel Dresbeck from the Office of the Senior Vice President for Research, will help you learn to manage people with a focus on the particular needs of running a lab or research group.

Strategies for approaching the role of “coach” in the lab —developing your leadership style

Recruitment and retention strategies — building (and maintaining) the best team for your lab

Steps to take when coaching doesn’t work — performance management in the lab

Resources that are available to you to support you and your lab staff

Enrollment is limited; there is no cost to participants.

]]>35358NRSA Workshop: Technical components – October 24https://blogs.ohsu.edu/researchnews/2017/10/10/nrsa-workshop-technical-components-october-24/
Tue, 10 Oct 2017 19:26:51 +0000http://www.ohsu.edu/blogs/researchnews/?p=35268Continued]]>If you’re planning to apply for a pre- or post-doctoral NRSA fellowship from the NIH in the near future, we encourage you to attend this workshop to learn about essential, non-research elements of your fellowship application. Topics covered include how to set up your proposal in InfoEd, how to develop a budget, how to manage reference letters, biosketches and PMCID numbers, and elements of a great training plan.

This upcoming workshop is led by Johanna Colgrove, manager of the MD/PhD program, Gavin Hamilton, grants and contracts administrator with the Office of Proposal and Award Management, and Rachel Dresbeck, Ph.D., director of research development at OHSU.

]]>35268NRSA application workshop: Technical components, June 20https://blogs.ohsu.edu/researchnews/2017/05/25/nrsa-application-workshop-technical-components-june-20/
Thu, 25 May 2017 18:14:28 +0000http://www.ohsu.edu/blogs/researchnews/?p=34517Continued]]>If you’re planning to apply for a pre- or post-doctoral NRSA fellowship from the NIH in the near future, we encourage you to attend this workshop to learn about essential, non-research elements of your fellowship application. Topics covered include elements needed for an InfoEd proposal, how to develop a budget, how to manage reference letters, biosketches and PMCID numbers, and elements of a great training plan.

This upcoming workshop is led by Johanna Colgrove, coordinator of the MD/PhD program, Gavin Hamilton, grants and contracts administrator with the Office of Proposal and Award Management, and Rachel Dresbeck, Ph.D., director of Research Development and Communications.

Best practices for writing introductions, results, discussions, and grant proposals

The class runs for four weeks, Wednesdays, 9:30 a.m. to 12 p.m., beginning July 12, 2017.Four individual tutorials with the instructor are included. There are no prerequisites for this non-credit professional development course, but you should not take the class unless you have enough data to write about.

The course carries a fee of $500 per student (unless you are in a Vollum lab or part of certain graduate Ph.D. programs). Questions? Contact funding@ohsu.edu.

]]>34406OHSU scientist Ilya Ivlev finds patient decision aids can have big impacthttps://blogs.ohsu.edu/researchnews/2017/05/05/ohsu-scientist-ilya-ivlev-finds-patient-decision-aids-can-have-big-impact/
https://blogs.ohsu.edu/researchnews/2017/05/05/ohsu-scientist-ilya-ivlev-finds-patient-decision-aids-can-have-big-impact/#commentsFri, 05 May 2017 10:30:05 +0000http://www.ohsu.edu/blogs/researchnews/?p=34398Continued]]>Key research questions: (KQ1) What effect do breast cancer screening patient decision aids (BCS-PtDA) have on younger and older women’s intention to undergo screening mammography?; (KQ2) What effect do the aids have on the intention of women (a) in their forties to begin screening and (b) in their seventies to continue screening?

Screening mammograms can cause significant stress for women—particularly for the 13 percent who receive news that their initial results are abnormal. Yet, for the majority of this 13 percent, additional imaging yields normal findings. False-positive findings occur at a significantly higher rate with annual screening than biennial screening and for women in their forties and seventies who do not have risk greater than the general population, research indicates that breast cancer mortality is not generally reduced with screening.

How many women without major risk factors for breast cancer would undergo screening mammography if they were made aware of rates of false positives and their level of risk with or without screening? A new paper by Ilya Ivlev, M.D., Ph.D., reports that evidence-based breast cancer screening patient decision aids had a significant influence on women’s decisions regarding mammography. The study, published in the March 2017 issue of the Journal of General Internal Medicine, is one of the first to examine the effects of these aids of screening plans on women’s intentions to be screened.

In a systematic review and meta-analysis of three randomized trials, Ivlev, a postdoctoral fellow in clinical informatics, found that, compared to typical care, 77 percent of women aged 38 to 50 who viewed a patient decision aid decided not to undergo screening mammography. The aid was developed by Karen Eden, Ph.D., medical informatics and clinical epidemiology professor at OHSU, and was based on the 2016 findings of Heidi Nelson, M.D., M.P.H., M.A.C.P., research professor and vice chair of medical informatics and clinical epidemiology and medicine at OHSU. Nelson’s research indicated breast cancer mortality with screening compared to nonscreening was not statistically significant for women of average risk who were in in their forties or seventies. However, her meta-analysis revealed that mortality was generally reduced for women aged 50 to 69.

Providing patients with the right treatment at the right time is the goal of these and other scientists at OHSU. Ivlev’s research may inform appropriate approaches to shared-decision making in determining whether to screen average-risk women in their forties.

In addition to Ivlev and Eden, co-authors were Erin N. Hickman, M.D., National Library of Medicine fellow in the Department of Medical Informatics and Clinical Epidemiology, and Marian S. McDonagh, Pharm.D., professor in the Department of Medical Informatics and Clinical Epidemiology and associate director of the Evidence-based Practice Center. The study was supported by United States National Library of Medicine Biomedical Informatics training grant T15LM007088.

]]>https://blogs.ohsu.edu/researchnews/2017/05/05/ohsu-scientist-ilya-ivlev-finds-patient-decision-aids-can-have-big-impact/feed/134398Lasker essay contest deadline April 3https://blogs.ohsu.edu/researchnews/2017/03/08/lasker-essay-contest-deadline-april-3/
Wed, 08 Mar 2017 20:19:20 +0000http://www.ohsu.edu/blogs/researchnews/?p=34088Continued]]>Calling all students, interns, residents, and fellows who love to write! The Albert and Mary Lasker Foundation is accepting entries for their 2017 essay contest. Essays must be 800 words or less will be evaluated on innovation of ideas, how well those ideas are conveyed, and writing quality and clarity.

This year’s topic is “Using at least one specific example, propose ways in which breakthroughs in biomedical research can be made part of the daily global dialogue, so that a much wider public becomes better informed and more supportive of biomedical research endeavors.”

The contest is open to medical school students, interns, residents, and fellows; doctoral students and postdoctoral fellows in biomedical research; graduate students in public health programs; and graduate students in other health professions programs. First-place award is $10,000 and an all expense-paid trip to New York to meet the 2017 Lasker Award winners on Sept. 15, 2017.

The deadline to submit all materials is April 3. Read the full guidelines and apply here.

Best practices for writing introductions, results, discussions, and grant proposals

The class runs for four weeks, Wednesdays, 9:30 a.m. to 12 p.m., beginning March 22, 2017.Four individual tutorials with the instructor are included. There are no prerequisites for this non-credit professional development course, but you should not take the class unless you have enough data to write about.

The course carries a fee of $500 per student (unless you are in a Vollum lab or part of certain graduate Ph.D. programs). Questions? Contact funding@ohsu.edu.

]]>33969People Management for Principal Investigators, Mar. 10-11https://blogs.ohsu.edu/researchnews/2017/01/27/people-management-for-principal-investigators-mar-10-11/
Fri, 27 Jan 2017 20:06:23 +0000http://www.ohsu.edu/blogs/researchnews/?p=33782Continued]]>Every principal investigator wants to build and maintain a lab that attracts and retains outstanding trainees and staff members. Juggling this endeavor with everything else the PI must do – writing papers, teaching, mentoring, gaining and maintaining funding, creating collaborative and productive relationships with other PIs – can be challenging at best. This 1.5-day course, led by Melanie Erskine and Rachel Dresbeck from the Office of the Senior Vice President for Research, will help you learn to manage people with a focus on the particular needs of running a lab or research group.

Strategies for approaching the role of “coach” in the lab – developing your leadership style

Recruitment and retention strategies – building (and maintaining) the best team for your lab

Steps to take when coaching doesn’t work – performance management in the lab

Resources that are available to you to support you and your lab staff

Enrollment is limited; there is no cost to participants.

]]>33782NRSA application workshop: Technical components, Feb. 21https://blogs.ohsu.edu/researchnews/2017/01/27/nrsa-application-workshop-technical-components-feb-21/
Fri, 27 Jan 2017 20:05:31 +0000http://www.ohsu.edu/blogs/researchnews/?p=33780Continued]]>If you’re planning to apply for a pre- or post-doctoral NRSA fellowship from the NIH in the near future, we encourage you to attend this workshop to learn about essential, non-research elements of your fellowship application. Topics covered include elements needed for an InfoEd proposal, how to develop a budget, how to manage reference letters, biosketches and PMCID numbers, and elements of a great training plan.

This upcoming workshop is led by Johanna Colgrove, coordinator of the MD/PhD program, Gavin Hamilton, grants and contracts administrator with the Office of Proposal and Award Management, and Rachel Dresbeck, Ph.D., director of Research Development and Academic Communications.

Open to researchers and administrators. Registration now available on Compass.

]]>33780Join us for today’s Funding Focus: Promoting your sciencehttps://blogs.ohsu.edu/researchnews/2016/12/19/join-us-for-todays-funding-focus-promoting-your-science/
Mon, 19 Dec 2016 17:22:55 +0000http://www.ohsu.edu/blogs/researchnews/?p=33649Continued]]>In the modern information economy, it can be hard to get attention for your science—whether it’s from traditional media, social media, or even with tools like Research Gate. Join this panel discussion to learn about best practices for promoting your science and the OHSU resources that can help you. Find out how to work with OHSU’s media relations and social media departments—and what you can do to promote your research yourself.

This discussion will be followed up with an intensive workshop during OHSU Research Week, May 1-3.

Funding Focus is a series of workshops that Research Funding and Development Services offers throughout the year to share advice, tips, and general information on funding for the OHSU research community. Faculty, postdoctoral fellows, graduate students, and administrators are all welcome to attend. No registration is required.

Best practices for writing introductions, results, discussions, and grant proposals

The class runs for six weeks, Wednesdays, 9:30 a.m. to 12 p.m., beginning Jan. 4, 2017.Six individual tutorials with the instructor are included. There are no prerequisites for this non-credit professional development course, but you should not take the class unless you have enough data to write about.

The course carries a fee of $500 per student (unless you are in a Vollum lab or part of certain graduate Ph.D. programs). Questions? Contact funding@ohsu.edu.

]]>33356NINDS restructures funding support for postdocshttps://blogs.ohsu.edu/researchnews/2016/10/19/ninds-restructures-funding-support-for-postdocs/
Wed, 19 Oct 2016 18:02:40 +0000http://www.ohsu.edu/blogs/researchnews/?p=33218Continued]]>The National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke will no longer participate in the Ruth L. Kirschstein National Research Service Award (NRSA) Individual Postdoctoral Fellowship (Parent F32). As of the Dec. 8, 2016 due date, F32 postdoctoral fellows research training support will be available through a separate announcement with several key differences from the parent F32. Most notably, applicants are only eligible prior to starting, or within the first 12 months of starting, their postdoctoral training. As such, no preliminary data are expected.

The NINDS F32 will support postdocs who are in their first three years of training in their sponsor’s lab. NINDS anticipates releasing a K01 announcement in time for the Feb. 12, 2017 initial receipt date that will allow applicants in their second through fourth year of training to apply.

Additionally, a webinar will be held on Dec. 13, 2016 from 3 – 4:00p.m. EST to walk potential applicants and mentors through the process of applying for the Diversity Advanced Postdoctoral Career Transition Award (K22). Hear from K22 awardees and reviewers about common mistakes and helpful tips.

]]>33218New HHMI program for postdocs from underrepresented groupshttps://blogs.ohsu.edu/researchnews/2016/09/27/new-hhmi-program-for-postdocs-from-underrepresented-groups/
Tue, 27 Sep 2016 17:08:21 +0000http://www.ohsu.edu/blogs/researchnews/?p=33035Continued]]>The Howard Hughes Medical Institute has launched a new program to recruit and retain early career scientists from underrepresented groups in the life sciences. The Hanna H. Gray Fellows Program will select awardees through open competition; applications will be assessed for scientific achievement in prior research experiences, demonstrated potential for a career as an independent investigator, and quality of the training environment with a selected mentor.

In this two-phase program, fellows will be supported from early postdoctoral training through several years of a tenure-track faculty position. During the postdoctoral phase, each fellow will receive a salary of $60,000 per year and $20,000 in flexible funds for up to four years, with mentoring and active involvement within the HHMI community. During the independent faculty phase, fellows will receive $250,000 per year for research support along with $20,000 annually in flexible funds for another four years. In the first competition cycle, HHMI will select up to 15 fellows and invest a total of up to $25 million for their support over eight years.

This grant competition is open to individuals from gender, racial, ethnic, and other groups underrepresented in the life sciences at the career stages targeted by this program, including those from disadvantaged backgrounds. Applicants must have a Ph.D. and/or M.D. by the anticipated start of the grant term and can have no more than 12 months postdoctoral experience at the time of the application due date.

The online application opens on Sept. 19, 2016 with an application due date of Feb. 15, 2017. The selection of fellows will be made by the end of September 2017 and grants can start as early as November 15, 2017, but no later than January 15, 2018.

]]>33035NRSA application workshop: Technical components, Oct. 11https://blogs.ohsu.edu/researchnews/2016/09/08/nrsa-application-workshop-technical-components-oct-11/
Thu, 08 Sep 2016 20:02:11 +0000http://www.ohsu.edu/blogs/researchnews/?p=32950Continued]]>If you’re planning to apply for a pre- or post-doctoral NRSA fellowship from the NIH in the near future, we encourage you to attend this workshop to learn about essential, non-research elements of your fellowship application. Topics covered include elements needed for an InfoEd proposal, how to develop a budget, how to manage reference letters, biosketches and PMCID numbers, and elements of a great training plan.

This upcoming workshop is led by Johanna Colgrove, coordinator of the MD/PhD program, Gavin Hamilton, grants and contracts administrator with the Office of Proposal and Award Management, and Rachel Dresbeck, Ph.D., director of Research Development and Academic Communications.

Open to researchers and administrators. Registration now available on Compass.

]]>32950OHSU Library to sponsor two scholarships for OpenCon 2016https://blogs.ohsu.edu/researchnews/2016/08/18/ohsu-library-to-sponsor-two-scholarships-for-opencon-2016/
Thu, 18 Aug 2016 22:25:35 +0000http://www.ohsu.edu/blogs/researchnews/?p=32742Continued]]>Interested in scientific communication? Want a more open system to share research and data? Then OpenCon 2016 could be the catalyst for you to pursue these passions and the OHSU Library wants to send you to Washington, D.C., where the conference is being held this year, Nov. 12 to 14.

OpenCon is designed to teach scientists and scholars from around the world about open access, open data, and open education, and foster a discussion on key issues surrounding scholarly communications and publications. The conference seeks to empower students and early career academic professionals with the critical skills necessary to create a more accessible and global system for sharing research and data. Keynote speakers, including Philip Bourne, associate director of data science, the National Institutes of Health, and Jimmy Wales, founder of Wikipedia, will be featured amid a program of panel discussions and hackathons.

Since the first conference held in 2014, OpenCon has developed into an international community which has continued to support and organize the annual event alongside the sponsorship of scholarly organizations such as the Right to Research Coalition and the Scholarly Publishing and Academic Resources Coalition.

OHSU Library is sponsoring two scholarships to send any OHSU student or postdoctoral researcher to the conference. Scholarships will cover travel costs, lodging, conference registration, and most meals. Applications can be found here.

]]>32742Neuroscience Ph.D. student awarded 2016 Gilliam Fellowshiphttps://blogs.ohsu.edu/researchnews/2016/08/11/neuroscience-ph-d-student-awarded-2016-gilliam-fellowship/
Thu, 11 Aug 2016 21:55:23 +0000http://www.ohsu.edu/blogs/researchnews/?p=32670Continued]]>Antoinette Foster, a Ph.D. student in the Vollum Institute/OHSU neuroscience graduate program, is one of 34 students across the country to receive a Howard Hughes Medical Institute 2016 Gilliam Fellowship for Advanced Study. The fellowships provide full support to promising doctoral students from groups traditionally underrepresented in science. Recipients receive an annual award totaling $46,000, for up to three years.

“The Gilliam Fellows are outstanding young scientists who have expressed a clear commitment to advancing diversity among scientists,” said David Asai, senior director of science education for Howard Hughes Medical Institute. “Their potential for scientific leadership is enormous, and the program emphasizes the professional development of the students and their thesis advisers.”

Best practices for writing introductions, results, discussions, and grant proposals

The class runs for six weeks, Wednesdays, 9:30 a.m. to 12 p.m., beginning Sept. 28, 2016.Six individual tutorials with the instructor are included. There are no prerequisites for this non-credit professional development course, but you should not take the class unless you have enough data to write about.

The course carries a fee of $500 per student (unless you are in a Vollum lab or part of certain graduate Ph.D. programs). Questions? Contact funding@ohsu.edu.

The Human Frontier Science Program encourages postdoctoral scientists to broaden their research skills by moving into new areas of study while working in a new country. The program provides awardees with approximately $50,000 per year for three years (with additional travel and child allowances) and invites applications for two international mechanisms that offer postdoctoral fellowships for basic research training:

Long-Term Fellowships – For applicants with a Ph.D. in a biological discipline to embark on a new project in a different field of the life sciences. Preference is given to applicants who propose an original study in biology that marks a departure from their previous Ph.D. or postdoctoral work so as to learn new methods or change discipline.

Cross-Disciplinary Fellowships – For applicants with a Ph.D. from outside the life sciences (e.g. in physics, chemistry, mathematics, engineering or computer sciences) who have had limited exposure to biology during their previous training. Applicants should propose a significant departure from their past research (e.g. changing from material science or physics to cell biology, from chemistry to molecular biology, or from computer science to neuroscience).

Fellows must begin their fellowship between April 1, 2017 and January 1, 2018. To be eligible, the applicant must hold a research doctorate or a doctoral-level degree comparable to a Ph.D. with equivalent experience in basic research and the degree must have been conferred in the three years prior to the submission deadline or by December 31, 2017. Applicants must have at least one lead author paper either accepted for publication, in press or published, in an English peer-reviewed international journal. Applicants who have spent 12 or more months in their proposed host country or with their proposed supervisor are ineligible.

Best practices for writing introductions, results, discussions, and grant proposals

The class runs for six weeks, Wednesdays, 9:30 a.m. to 12 p.m., beginning June 29, 2016.Six individual tutorials with the instructor are included. There are no prerequisites for this non-credit professional development course, but you should not take the class unless you have enough data to write about.

The course carries a fee of $500 per student (unless you are in a Vollum lab or part of certain graduate Ph.D. programs). Questions? Contact funding@ohsu.edu.

]]>32182Postdoc Paper of the Year Award application due July 8https://blogs.ohsu.edu/researchnews/2016/06/10/postdoc-paper-of-the-year-award-application-due-july-8/
Fri, 10 Jun 2016 17:13:45 +0000http://www.ohsu.edu/blogs/researchnews/?p=32223Continued]]>The OHSU School of Medicine Alumni Association is seeking applicants for its annual Postdoctoral Paper of the Year Award competition.

The paper must be on original research and have been published or accepted for publication for 2015-2016.

Finalists must be available to present their research before the Alumni Association’s panel of judges on the evening of August 17, 2016. A winner will be selected and awarded $500 with the opportunity to present their paper during the annual OHSU Postdoctoral Research Week, September 19-21, 2016 on the Marquam Hill campus.

Best practices for writing introductions, results, discussions, and grant proposals

The class runs for six weeks, Wednesdays, 9:30 a.m. to 12 p.m., beginning June 29, 2016.Six individual tutorials with the instructor are included. There are no prerequisites for this non-credit professional development course, but you should not take the class unless you have enough data to write about.

The course carries a fee of $500 per student (unless you are in a Vollum lab or part of certain graduate Ph.D. programs). Questions? Contact funding@ohsu.edu.